Rethinking the Angolan Crisis and the Portuguese Revolution, 1974 – 1976, Itinerario: European Journal of Overseas History, 26 / 2, 2000, pp. 22 – 44

* 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress

* 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, and actor

* 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player

* 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bassist ( Sigur Rós )

* 1976 – Markku Lappalainen, American bass player ( Hoobastank )

* 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese writer

* 1898 – Lily Pons, American soprano ( d. 1976 )

* 1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player

* 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn )

* 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

* 1976 – Milano Collection A. T., Japanese wrestler

* 1976 – Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player

* 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver

* 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

* 1893 – Wright Patman, American politician ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

* 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress

* 1976 – Aled Jones, Welsh radio host and producer

The first born-again President of the United States was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

While the compositions and performances were credited to " Jimmy Thudpucker ", they were in fact co-written and sung by Brewer, who also co-wrote and provided the vocals for " Ginny's Song ", a 1976 single on the Warner Bros. Label, and Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits, an LP released by Windsong Records, John Denver's subsidiary of RCA Records ).

It also featured a 1976 John Bonham drum instrumental with electronic effects added by Jimmy Page, called " Bonzo's Montreux ".

Relations between Paraguay and the United States changed substantially after the election of President Jimmy Carter in 1976.

* November 2 – U. S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War.

* November 10 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager ( d. 1976 )

Jimmy Carter and Daley at the 1976 Illinois State Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois

Walter Frederick " Fritz " Mondale ( born January 5, 1928 ) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States ( 1977 – 1981 ) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota ( 1964 – 1976 ).

In 1976, Thurmond appeared in a campaign commercial for incumbent U. S. President Gerald Ford in his race against Thurmond's fellow Southerner, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.

It is argued that Ford's pardon of Nixon played a major role in his defeat in the 1976 presidential election against Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for the 1976 presidential campaign to a skeptical media and proclaimed himself an " eager student " of Brzezinski.

In 1976, he campaigned for Jimmy Carter, who became a close friend and ally.

Metzenbaum would go on to seek a rematch against Taft in 1976, winning a close race on Jimmy Carter's coattails.

In 1976, U. S. President Jimmy Carter received the support of the Christian right largely because of his much-acclaimed religious conversion.

Concerned that Christians overwhelmingly voted in favor of President Jimmy Carter in 1976, Grant expanded his movement and founded Christian Voice to mobilize Christian voters in favor of candidates who share their socially conservative values.

Two former members of the Appalachian Green Parks Project, Jim McGaw and Charlie Lewis began performing with Jimmy Prouty and went on to form the New Vinton County Frogwhompers Marching, Singing, Strumming and Plucking Society in 1976, which was to become one of the most popular groups to come out of the region in the 1970s.

Since 29 months is more than 2 years, had Ford won a full term in 1976 ( he lost to Jimmy Carter ), he would have been ineligible to run again in 1980, despite having been previously elected just once.

Mansfield retired from the Senate in 1976, and was appointed Ambassador to Japan in April 1977 by Jimmy Carter, a role he retained during the Reagan administration until 1988.

Exceptions came in the elections of 1976, when every former Confederate state but Virginia voted for Georgia native Jimmy Carter, and 1992 and 1996, when the Democratic ticket of southerners Bill Clinton ( Arkansas ) and Al Gore ( Tennessee ) achieved a split of the region's electoral votes.

1976 Jimmy Carter 74, 217 ( 54. 5 %) Gerald Ford 59, 172 ( 43. 5 %)

In Presidential politics, the county is considered a bellwether, as it has voted for the winner of the presidential election in every election since 1976, when the county voted for Republican President Gerald R. Ford, a Michigan Native, in his failed re-election bid against Jimmy Carter, Democratic Governor of Georgia.

The last Democratic candidate to carry the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The 1976 election of Jimmy Carter as President of the United States marked a milestone for evangelical Christians.